diff --git a/src/common/unaccent.cpp b/src/common/unaccent.cpp
index 516f8abcd..17b0be67d 100644
--- a/src/common/unaccent.cpp
+++ b/src/common/unaccent.cpp
@@ -60,13 +60,27 @@ UnaccentTransliterator unaccent;
 UnicodeString unicodeAccentedString;
 
 std::string &removeAccents(std::string &text) {
+  printStringInHexadecimal(text.c_str());
   unicodeAccentedString = UnicodeString(text.c_str());
+  printStringInHexadecimal(unicodeAccentedString);
   unaccent.transliterate(unicodeAccentedString);
   text.clear();
   unicodeAccentedString.toUTF8String(text);
   return text;
 }
 
+void printStringInHexadecimal(UnicodeString s) {
+  std::cout << std::showbase << std::hex;
+  for (int i=0; i<s.length(); i++) {
+    char c = (char)((s.getTerminatedBuffer())[i]);
+    if (c & 0x80)
+      std::cout << (c & 0xff) << " ";
+    else
+      std::cout << c << " ";
+  }
+  std::cout << std::endl;
+}
+
 void printStringInHexadecimal(const char *s) {
   std::cout << std::showbase << std::hex;
   for (char const* pc = s; *pc; ++pc) {
diff --git a/src/common/unaccent.h b/src/common/unaccent.h
index 66d9188ee..e24ebecf0 100644
--- a/src/common/unaccent.h
+++ b/src/common/unaccent.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 
+//#define U_CHARSET_IS_UTF8 1
+
 class UnaccentTransliterator : public Transliterator {
     
  public:
@@ -96,3 +98,4 @@ private:
 
 std::string &removeAccents(std::string &text);
 void printStringInHexadecimal(const char *s);
+void printStringInHexadecimal(UnicodeString s);